Detail Mass Observation; Health Care   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 399 no. 8739 (Jun. 2011), page 37-38. Topik: Economy; Health Reforms; Health Care Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.66 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel After the economy itself, no subject counts for more in next year's presidential election than health care. Republicans universally detest Barack Obama's health reforms--which, though passed last year, will not go into effect until 2014--and vow to repeal them. Yet the reforms themselves are largely modelled on a measure first tried out in Massachusetts, and signed into law in 2006 by the state's then-governor, Mitt Romney (pictured above). Mr Romney is now the clear front-runner in the race to win the Republican nomination and face Mr Obama at the polls in 2012. Health care, in other words, could blow up in both candidates' faces, which makes the question of whether or not the Massachusetts reforms have worked particularly interesting. The evidence is mixed. The first point to note is that the reforms are popular in Massachusetts, and not just with the left. "No one has a problem with it," shrugs Jim Klocke of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Sixty-three percent of residents support the law, according to the most recent poll from the Harvard School of Public Health. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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